Diary
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Lunch at Corkys
Had a gorgeous Lunch at Mick and Liane’s today, it was great to catch up and the girls had fun in the garden. The chocolate cake was a-mazin!! Cheers guys!! Girls having a giggle. Continue reading
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Let the Right One In
Really like the look of this swiss film, it tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a vampire. Continue reading
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Doves – Kingdom of Rust
Wow, what an album! If you are a fan of the Doves you will not be dissapointed. Each track just seems to build on the last. I have really struggled to pick a stand out track as they are all brilliant. It was between Winter Hill, Compulsion, Kingdom of Rust and 10:03 but I think Continue reading
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Lovely Week
We have had alovely week this week beaching, zooing and cycling, and today we’ve been to Wimpole Hall up near Cambridge. A lovely house with huge grounds, a rare breeds farm and a great play area. Emma loved it, it was so hard to hold her back from some of the things she wanted to Continue reading
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Night Off
Chris had Emma overnight for the first time last night. It felt really weird leaving her. We went to the flicks to see “Duplicity” which was so boring we left early before it really annoyed us. But we went to Prezzo for a yummy tea and then we came home and went to the pub. Continue reading
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West Mersea
Another lovely day so we popped down to Mersea to hang out on the beach and have a picnic. Emma had a lovely time digging in the sand and trying to eat stones and seaweed! I tried to fly the kite but (as you know Al) my kite flying skills aren’t brilliant and it kept Continue reading
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Colchester Zoo
Had a great day at the Zoo yesterday. The weather was lovely and Emma really enjoyed it, its much more fun for her now she can walk around and explore. Her favourite animals were the giraffes and penguins but she’s been roaring all morning so maybe it was the lion! We signed up for Continue reading
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Shed Porn
As some of you may know I am planning to build a summerhouse at the bottom of the garden. It will be fully insulated and will double as place to hang out and as a guest house. I have been doing some research and I have come across a website which has some gorgeous sheds Continue reading
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Lovely Weekend
We have a had a lovely, sunny, spring weekend. Took Emma for a walk in the fields yesterday afternoon and today we have been over to my folks for a yummy lunch and a play in the garden. Having a sit down on a mole hill! Chasing teddys on a tray……. Emma enjoyed it!! Continue reading
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Lego
What is it with Lego? I love playing with it. K bought some oversize lego for Emma the other day and we’ve been had loads of fun playing with it. The thing is, Emma keeps knocking over my constructions. I made a great home for some toy animals the other day and Emma pulled it Continue reading
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Poorly Girls
Both K & Emma have got right proper colds. Emma has really suffered bless her, she’s really been coughing and spluttering and right grumpy which is most unlike her. And poor K has had to look after grumpy Emma while she’s been feeling poorly so its been a right cheerful house this week! P.S Took Continue reading
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Marley & Me
Went to see this with my Sis the other night. Wasn’t expecting very much, but it was actually quite good. It’s about the life of a couple during the lifespan of their lab Marley, and how he interacts as part of the family and the deep effect he has on their lifes. A really nice, Continue reading
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The Visitor
This is the story of a rather lonely chap, Walter, a widower, who returns to New York to discover a couple, Tarek and Zaineb, living in his apartment. They are both illigal immagrants who have rented the aprtment from a con man. Realising they have nowhere to go, Walter allows them to stay. Over the Continue reading
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Mothers Day at the pub!
Had a lovely lunch at the Anchor yesterday. The Snickers Cheesecake was a real treat and Emma loved Chocolate strawberries. The mums were very pleased with their pressies although I forgot to give K hers and I got in a BIT of trouble (oooooppss) Continue reading
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One down, five to go….
Exam number one is all over! Had a practical exam today doing test and inspection on a domestic installation – went ok – just hope I passed!!! Continue reading
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Yellowstone
A beautifully shot program about Yellowstone in winter. The film is about how the wildlife survive the harsh weather with temperatures falling to -40 and an average of 50 inches of snow. There is also a story about a chap who stays at yellowstone all winter and his job is to clear the snow off Continue reading
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Another exam…
Had our last lesson tonight before our first practical exam which is next Tuesday. Its all test and inspection… theres so much to remember!!!! Continue reading
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Chasing a Bee
Took Emma up to White Colne Green this afternoon for a runaround. She had a lovely time chasing a bee, it was so funny watching her running around shouting “bee bee”. I wish I had filmed her. Continue reading
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Lovely Day
Popped down to Chappel so Emma could have a go on the swings and we could go to the pub for lunch!! Continue reading
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Elbow – Wembley Arena
Wow what a night! Took Ian (Elbow newbie), to see the best band in the world last night. It seemed very weird cueing up outside the arena to see Elbow. Usually we see them at must smaller venues ,although it was quite a plus, getting a beer at one of the much improved arenas multiple Continue reading
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In a Charmed Life, a Road Less Traveled
Dead touching story about a couple who learned to live a full life together after the wife was paralised from the waist down in a car crash. “We don’t know what will happen tomorrow, or who will live how long. But we were young together. We struggled to make a life. We raised three great Continue reading
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On the Lottie
We had gorgeous weather yesterday so the girls took the oppurtunity to get some jobs done on the allotment. Continue reading
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Decorating is Fun!!
When you’ve had a couple of glasses of wine…… Wonder how its going to look in the morning… my edges could be a bit dodgy!! 🙂 Continue reading
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One in 8 Million
One in 8 Million is a fascinating series of interviews and photographs of people from New York. Pop, you might like to watch Joel Karp, Corner druggist. Is it much different at Greenstead??? Continue reading
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Marley & Me
Saw a preview for this film last week and it looks dead funny, a bit cutesy perhaps but its good for a Jenny fix! Continue reading
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Home Alone Shaun
K & Emma are away for a few days this week while I get the lounge redone. I have taken the arches out (hurrah) and the plasterer is in tommorrow and Wednesday. So hopefully I can decorate at the end of the week and we’ll be looking super swish. I will miss my girls but Continue reading
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Emma pics
K found a great pets corner at a local garden nursery today. Emma had a lovely time watching the chickens and the pigs and also enjoyed a cup of tea and a scone! Continue reading
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The story of a man born in his eighties and ages backwards. Who, although on one hand gains all the trappings of youth as he gets older, he also gets to watch all those he loves grow older without him. We both really enjoyed this film, K had a right good cry. At 2 hrs Continue reading
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Chop Chop
busy busy work work bang bang… Been right busy this last couple of weeks. Had the first part of one of my Six exams which I am sitting in between now and June, computer died but now I’ve got a shiney new laptop, put in our application for planning permission to build our summerhouse which Continue reading